It's time to act now to stop carbon pollution. Carbon pollution is the main contributor to climate disruption, making extreme weather worse—including more severe floods, widespread wildfires and record drought.

Every year, the nation’s coal plants produce 140 million tons of coal ash pollution, atoxic by-product of burning coal. All that ash has to go somewhere, and it contains high levels of toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, lead and selenium.

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Wherever there are coal mines, coal shipping ports, and power plants around the globe, local communities are fighting back against deadly pollution and economic destruction. Today, the Sierra Club released our fourth annual report on some of the... Read More on Compass

While we were celebrating the start of the holiday season last week, there were a lot of big developments around the world to be thankful for, and a few to be wary of.
As the world turns its eyes to Lima for the COP20 climate negotiations, which... Read More on Compass

TELL CONGRESS: Protect our air and water!

Make sure the new Congress doesn't follow the fossil fuel industry's old agenda.